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...kind of sea with the unpredictable ill humor of a sunfishing mustang. But they were ships. They were reasonably fast (around 35 knots) and they could still make it hot for submarines. Also they were invaluable for training. Each one was a ship where a young lieutenant commander could learn the unforgettable lessons of his first command. On each one of these pitching, rocking sea horses, bluejackets could learn the strange, good-humored, hell-for-leather technique and attitude of the destroyerman; young officers, at duties on deck and below, or hanging to the overhead in wardroom bull sessions, could...
...knew horseflesh were put in charge of tanks, and all the brilliant experimenters with mechanization were put out of the way-one was retired, another sent to command a second-class district in India, where there were no mechanized troops, another given an anti-aircraft division...
...snapped the General, brushing Newsman Allen's prepared list aside. "There is, however, something I want to say. ... I am here to serve my country. That country is Marshal Pétain incarnated. There is not any second France. There is only one. I have been delegated to command all French Africa. My mission is to maintain the unity of French Africa in itself and the unity of French Africa with the metropolis of France. Africa is one with France and General Weygand is one with Marshal Pétain...
...crisis was supposed to have said: "If Italy wins, I will be Emperor of Ethiopia but if Italy loses, I will be King of Italy." He may have been thinking along the same lines last week. There were rumors that Crown Prince Umberto had offered to resign the Army command he shared with Marshal Badoglio, that II Duce had refused his resignation...
...corps until 13 days after the Brandywine defeat. There are also letters to prove that Conway and Gates were two of the most respected and able officers in the Continental Army. Cleared of the charge of cowardice after his defeat at Camden, S. C., Gates was second in command of the Army when the war ended. Washington had to exaggerate stray rumors of a cabal to cover up his inability to discipline his own troops, his inability to win battles...